antinuke

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adjective

Opposed to nuclear weapons.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiveantinuke (comparative more antinuke, superlative most antinuke)

comparative more antinuke · superlative most antinuke

  1. Opposed to nuclear weapons.

    "Dig a Hole in the Ground or How to Prosper During the Coming Nuclear War" is one of the most effective anti-nuke sonngs that I have heard in the '80s.

    1984 April 21, Maida Tilchen, “New Song, New Feminism, New Gay Awareness”, in Gay Community News, page 9
  2. Opposed to nuclear power.
    1 more example

    Holly Near […] interpreter for the deaf Susan Freudlich […] and pianist J. T. Thomas […] appeared in Bostonr Nov. 28 as part of a national tour aimed at educating people about nuclear power. […] The concert was introduced by Dr. Helen Caldicott (left) author of Nuclear Madness and a founder of the anti-nuke movement in Australia.

    1979 December 8, “On Tour For A Nuclear-Free Future (image caption)”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 20, page 6
nounantinuke (plural antinukes)

plural antinukes

  1. informalOne who opposes nuclear weapons.

    But when the antinukes quote this study, they do not tell anybody that it's been discredited.

    1996, Fred D. White, Communicating technology: dynamic processes and models for writers

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Englishnuclearclip.
  8. Englishnuke
  9. Englishantinuke

From anti- + nuke.

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APA

antinuke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antinuke

MLA

“antinuke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antinuke. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antinuke,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antinuke.

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